Recognised as Colour

#63ABA4

#63ABA4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#63ABA4 is a cyan with RGB values 99, 171, 164 and HSL 174°, 30%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

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HEX#63ABA4

RGBrgb(99, 171, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.6706, 0.6431

RGB percentages38.8%, 67.1%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(174.2, 30%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 42.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK42.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,532,004

CSS custom property--colour: #63ABA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#9C545B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A4A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#979BA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#45AEA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Teal · ΔE 18.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AB636A

Analogous#63AB80, #638EAB

Triadic#A463AB, #ABA463

Split complementary#AB638E, #AB8063

Tetradic#8063AB, #AB636A, #8EAB63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E8F2F1

Lighter +30%#C6E1DE

Lighter +20%#A5CFCB

Lighter +10%#84BDB7

Darker −10%#4D8E88

Darker −20%#3B6D68

Darker −30%#294C49

Darker −40%#172B29

More saturated +25%#45C9BC

Less saturated −25%#818D8C

Channel breakdown

R99

G171

B164

Red99 (38.8%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue174.17°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 63 · G AB · B A4

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